Ryzen AI 5 330 vs Atom N270
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen AI 5 330 outperforms Atom N270 by a whopping 9050% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3715 | 1186 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Atom | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.35 | 11.04 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | DiamondVille (2008−2009) | Krackan Point 2 (2025) |
| Release date | 2 April 2008 (17 years ago) | 16 July 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $44 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom N270 and Ryzen AI 5 330 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.1 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Bus type | FSB | no data |
| Bus rate | 533.33 MT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 12 | no data |
| L1 cache | 56 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 25.9638 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 47 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| VID voltage range | 0.9V-1.1625V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N270 and Ryzen AI 5 330 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | PBGA437 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2.5 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen AI 5 330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | - | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Atom N270 and Ryzen AI 5 330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen AI 5 330 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen AI 5 330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5, LPDDR5X |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | - | AMD Radeon 820M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N270 and Ryzen AI 5 330.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 14 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.08 | 7.32 |
| Recency | 2 April 2008 | 16 July 2025 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 28 Watt |
Atom N270 has 1300% lower power consumption.
Ryzen AI 5 330, on the other hand, has a 9050% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 17 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen AI 5 330 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom N270 in performance tests.
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